how can create an Icon for an user control

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Hello

I have created an user control and I want to assign it an icon. I try it from SolutionExplorer / properties /application tab / icon and manifest but I didn't get any correct result.

Do exist any way to do it? Who can help me?

Thanks.

Posted 27-Feb-11 10:58am

shirez

Updated 27-Feb-11 11:59am

Henry Minute

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Solution 1

There is no "assign icon". This is User control; you're fully responsible for its graphical rendering.

You can override its OnPaint method and draw any graphics on its surface using Graphics object passed in its parameter of the type PaintEventArg.
(Don't create a Graphics object, it's a common mistake.) Create an Icon property for your control and don't forget to check if it is null in your implementation of OnPaint. You may also want (and usually need to) to adjust layout of all of the children of your UserControl depending on the size of the icon supplied by the user.

I also suggest using Bitmap instead of Icon. Icons are mostly designed to work with Shell API, so you only need an icon to represent your application and forms, not controls.

—SA

Posted 27-Feb-11 11:21am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Updated 27-Feb-11 11:22am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 27-Feb-11 18:53pm

Anonymous coward keeps voting 1. Ha! This is funny.
--SA

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Henry Minute · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-27T12:04:00

Solution 2

If you mean an icon to appear in the toolbox for your control, then this[^] might help.

You might also find this[^] article useful. It explains a little more clearly than the Microsoft page.

Posted 27-Feb-11 12:04pm

Henry Minute

Updated 27-Feb-11 12:15pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 27-Feb-11 19:23pm

If your assumption is correct, this is good, my 5.
I did not even think about it, as OP says just about user control, so I tried to explain how to render the image.
--SA